Clinker cooler



April `f4, 1939. N. wlNDr-:CKER

' GLINKER GQOLER `Filed Aprill 2l, 1938 8 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

April 4, 1939- c. WlNpgKl-:R 2,`153,1 12

CLINKER COOLER Filed April 21, 1958 a sheets-sheet s IN VENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

April 4, 1939. -c. N. wlNDi-:CKER

CLI NKER COOLER 8 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed April 21, 195s 1N VENTOR.

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April 4, 1939. c. N. WINDECKER` 2,153,112

CLINKER COOLER v Filed April 21, 1958` 8 sheets-sheet e v 77 mi" 98 IN VENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

A April 4, 1939; c. N. wlNDecKr-:R `2,153,112

CLINKER COOLER Filed April 2l, 1938 8 Sheets-Sheet 7 www Patented-Apr. 4, 1939 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE CLINKER cooLEa Clifton N. Wndecker, Painesville, Chio; Robert Erwin Windecker, Irene W. Alonso and Charles Edward Windecker, executors of estate of said Clifton N. Windecker, deceased Application April 21,v 1938, Serial No. 203,429 18 Claims. (Cl. 263-53) This invention relates to a cooling device, cooler being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a plan which, while useful in other relations, will be section corresponding substantially to the line described with particular` reference to its use 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is aplan section correspondin cement manufacturing equipment. ing substantially to the line -4-4 of Fig. l and 5 In this art, a conventional procedure includes having parts broken vaway to show the construc- 5 zio the zone` where most rapid cooling *takes place, transition piece C whmh opens downwardly into feeding a suitable mixture into a rotary kiln oi vtion of the inlet and outlet baiiles; Fig. 5 is a view the internally fired variety and there heating it similar to Fig. l, being a vertical sectional view sufficiently to eiect the desired chemical and of a modified form of the invention; Fig. 6 is physical changes. The material is discharged substantially an end elevation looking from right 10 from the kiln in masses known in the art as to left in Fig. 5, the hood or transition piece be- 10 clinkers. In common practice, these clinkers tween the kiln and clinker cooler being shown are discharged from the kiln at a temperature in section as in Fig. 2; Fig. '7 is a plan section of the order of 2000 to 2400 degrees F. and it is corresponding substantially to the line 1-1 of desirable that they be cooled to a black color, a Fig. 5 and having parts broken away to show temperature of about 1000 degrees F. as fast as the construction at different levels, and Fig. 8 15 possible by air cooling. Rapid cooling not only is a plan section corresponding substantially to improves the final product but also produces the line '8--8 of Fig. 5 and having parts broken internal stresses in the cooled clinkers which away to show the construction of the inletvand greatly facilitate subsequent grinding. outlet baflles.

Accordingly, it is the object of the invention, Referring now to the accompanying drawings 2o broadly stated, to provide superior mechanism, by the use of reference characters, corresponding adapted to be associated with a conventional parts being indicated by the same characters in rotary kiln, for rapidly cooling the clinkers disthe several views, two illustrative embodiments charged therefrom, primarily down to the black of the invention will be described, the rst emcolor and advantageously also toa suitable tembodixnent being described with reference to Figs. 25 perature for grinding before discharge from the 1 to 4 inclusive, while the alternate or modied cooling mechanism. A further object is the pro- .form is described with reference to Figs. 5 to 8 vision of means for effecting important economies inclusive. in fuel by the provision of superior mechanism for causing that portion of the cooling air which l General cnstmctm .and operation 30 can be utilized in the kiln as secondary air to The cnnker forming kun indicated generally t; dehvered theetotda mghdtellspert-re mild by the reference character A maybe oi the varie remainder o ehvere ew ergat a' -ety conventional in cement manufacture, that s relatively 10W tempeature' is, a substantially horizontal, rotary, internally 3 Among the, more mitad oblects are: 10W mst' fired kiln providedwith suitable heat resistant 5 cost, durability, superior Imeans for controllingy lining and med through a fuel pipe B with any the flow 0f mr ComPaCtneSS--of constuctlon' suitable fuel suc `as liquid hydrocarbon material, ready access to the vital parts for making repowdered coal the like. Communicatmg with pairs, maintenance oi a uniform clinker bed in the delivery end of the kun A is a xed hood or provision of new and improved means for introa cunker cgoling device indicated generally by dution 0f the CCOHHS all t0 the @linker bed and the reference character D. The cooling device D removal of a portion of such air therefrom. and is provided with inner and outer parts D1 and D2. the location -of heat vulnerable meohonism inone of these parts is rotatabm whereby to cause i5 cluding the air proportionins'moans at a diS- the clinkers to settle rapidly into a uniformly 45 tance from the high temperature 20nedistributed mass in the annular space formed Other Objects Will be in part apparent and in therebetween and it is preferred to have an inlet part pointed out hereinafter in connection with for @01d air in one of these parts and an outlet the accompanying drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 isa for a portion of such air in the other part. This.

` vertical sectional view taken through a device however, is not absolutely essential and the in- 50 embodying the invention. the clinker forming vention `in its broader aspects contemplates kiln being shown fragmentarily; Fig. 2 is substructures wherein both inlet and outlet may be stantially an end elevation of the device shown in either. the inner or the outer part. That part 4in Fig. 1 looking from right to left, the hood orwhich is rotatable is provided with a horizontal, 55

transitionV piece connecting the kiln and clinker annular shelf indicated in Figs. .1 to 4 inclusive 2 2,153,112 by the reference hereinafter E, and'in Figs. 5 is constructed in upper and lower sections 4I and to 8 inclusive as El. The outer part will in each 42, each of which is provided with downwardly case terminate a short distance above this shelf extending parts dened between walls 43, suoli invention. In each case, the air outlet is prosuch as a motor driven fan 45 passes through the vided with suitable damper means whereby the upper and lower inlet sections into the annuler l relative'amounts of air passing through such outspace between the inner and. outerparts D1 and let means and to the kiln can be regulated. Such D2. 'I'he volume or pressure of the air may be damper means preferably will be located at a controlledeeither by the speed ofthe air impelling substantial distance from the heated zone wheredevice or by damper means 46, or both, as con# by not to be affected by the heat. It will be noted venient.

-that in each form of the invention, the cooling Passing through the outer, rotatable part D2 device is mounted on a track whereby to be is an outlet port 41 provided with spacing baiiles cess to the less durable parts for the purpose of as best seen in Fig. 4. In operation the ballies making repairs. It is also within the contem- 44 are xed while the bailles 48 rotate in the plation Q1' the inventlen t0 make the hOOd 01' direction .of the arrow in Fig. 4 whereby the vice. y 26 FOTmOf Fige- 1 t0# bailies in such, as will be vevident from' Fig. 4.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the kiln that they Wm tend always to urge or reed the A. is mounted on; suitable supports (not shown) clinkers into the annular space between the inner mounted tracks I4 forming a support for a Car- ,Sirable passage of clinkers into the air conduits riag'e I5 provided with wheels I6 and upon which is the downward Slope or ootrrrnror and outlet the cooling mechanism is mounted. Supported ports toward the clinker oonrommg' Space' Thus on the carriage I5 by suitable journals n are there is gravitational resistance provided to coa. plurality of shafts is each of which carries at act With-the curved bames for retaining the elinkits inner end a flanged roller I9. The rollers I9 ers in the proper space- The ourlet ports are in form a support for the rotatable part D2 of the communication with an rmular conduit sur' cooling mechanism, such rollers being contacted 1 Pundng the Dart D? and may be of. annular p0rby an annular bearing track zo carried by such tions 49 rotatable with the shell 26 and the xed rotatable part D2, specifically by a gear 2| on portion 50 communicating with an outlet conduit which is supported a lower shell 22. The shell 5l provided with o oontroumg domper 52; It 22 1s attached by means of Webs 23 .to a Sleeve will be obvious that if the damper-52 is entirely u which is integrin with the sheii E. surroundclosed 110 air can escape through the Outlet Ports ing the lower edge cf the shell 22 is a vertically 47 and all .air forced into the c ooler will necesadjustable sleeve 25 forming a control for the Samy WSS upwardly ln'O the kiln, it be1ng undejivery of 'cooled clinkers upon the Shelf E derstood that the Joints between relatively mov- Mounted upon the carriage |5 is a shaft 23 car. into the kiln, and 2, from the lower inlet section rying a bevel gear 29 and a, pinion 3g meshing through a partially cooled portion of clinkers and with the gear 2|. Meshing with the bevel gear out through the outlet conduit 5I. It may be '29 is a bevel pinion 3| carried by shaft 32 also desirable t0 Cause ell the all t0 be delivered mounted` on the carriage I5 and carrying a gear through the lower inlet section and a portion` 33. The gear 33 is driven by pinion 34 which is thereof to pass through all 0f the highly heated in turn driven by a motor 35 through the medium portion of the clinker bed so as to provide excepof a. gear reduction device 36. tionally highly heated air for'supporti'ng combus- 5 t0 Which iS Secured in any Suitable manner en ever, generally desirable not to use this l"faleeve inner sleeve 40 extending upwardly to, joining since the objective of extremely rapid cooling ofl j by the clinkers4 will be caused to ride over the ist 'removed therefrom'by into a suitable hopper delivered to a suitable a conveyor G.

edge of such shelf and be chute 55 and thence upon Modified form of Figs. 5 to 8` In Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, I have shown a modif fled form of` the invention wherein the outer part D2 is xed and the inner part D1 is rotatable and wherein there is provided also an auxiliary air inlet through the outer part. In this form of the invention, I provide tracks 51 upon which the cooling device is movably mounted by means of a carriage 58 carrying suitable wheels 59 cooperating with such track. Journaled in suitable bearings 80 carried by the carriage 58 are shafts GI each of which carries at its inner end a flangedf'roller 62 providing a support for the rotatable'inner part Dl through the medium of an annulus 63 carried byan annular gear 84 secured to the bottom of the shelf El. Meshing with the gear 64 is a pinion 65 carried by shaft 68 journaled in suitable bearings 61 carried by the carriage 58.y The shaft 66 also carries a gear 69 which is driven from a. pinion 10 by a motor 1| through the medium of a gear reduction mechanism 12, The gear 64 and shelf El transmit rotation to the sleeve 13 which is substantially sealed communicationv with inlet conduit 14. The sleeve 13 carries at its upper end upper and lower inlet sections made up of spaced wall elements 15 held in spaced relation to each other by inlet bafes 16 which are curved in like manner to the baffles` 44 in the first described form of the invention. lIn this form as well as the first described form there is pro- 'vided on the upper surface of the uppermost wall 15 a heat protective covering of suitable fire resistant material such as carborundum or the like. The construction of these air inlet ports and baftles is in all respects similar to that inmthe first described form of the invention with the exception that the curvature is so to speak? in the opposite direction. The curvature is however in the same direction relative to the motion of the clinker bed and performs the same function of preventing passage of clinkers into the air conduits.

Mounted on the carriage 58 and extending upwardly therefrom are supports 11 to Awhich is attached a shell 18 provided with fire resistant lining 19 and forming the outer wall of an annular clinker receiving space. Also supported by the supports 11 is a lower shell portion 80 with a vertical flange 8| with which an adjustable controlling ring 82 cooperates. The lowermost edge of the element 82 is spaced above the shelf El and received within and spaced relative to an upwardly and outwardly extending ange 83. The clinkers delivered on the shelf E1 ride over the edge of the flange 83 and are vdelivered upon an outer portion of the shelf E1 and nally a plow 84 and delivered 85 and to a conveyor in like manner as described in connection with the first form of the invention. 1 Formed in the wall made -up of the elements '18 and 19 is an outlet port 86 provided with spacing baffles 81 curved in reverse direction to the `baffles 86 as most clearly seen in Fig. 8. The port 89 is in communication 'with an annular conduit 88 which in turn communicates with the' conduit portion 89 provided with a damper 90 air therethrough and conthe amount of air which for controlling flow of sequetly regulating is compelled to pass upwardly through the clinker bed into the kiln A. In this form of the invention, I may provide a sleeve 96 corresponding to the sleeve 53 in the first described form and serving the same purpose. In this form of the invention I employ a branch passage or auxiliary conduit 9 I, provided with a suitable damper 92 and communicating through a port 93 with the space defined between the inner and outer parts D1 and D2. It is to be understood that the inlet port 93 is to be provided with curved bafiles similar to those 81 but that the inlet 93 will be preferably of less circumferential extent than the port 88. Cooling air may bepassed through the conduit 14 under the influence of a motor driven blower 94 and may be controlled by means of a suitable damper 95 or by regulating the speed of the blower 94.

In this form of the invention as well as in thefirst described form the various joints between the relatively rotatable parts may be provided with conventional air seals, and in most forms equivalent mechanical movements may be l substituted for those shown and described. From the foregoing description and from the accompanying drawings it will be obvious that I have provided a device which is well adapted for its intended purpose and while I have shown and described in detail two embodiments in which the invention may be realized, I do not wish to be limited to the details of the disclosure but only in accordance with the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a machine of the character described, in combination with an internally red kiln, means for cooling clinkers delivered from said kiln and supplying heated air for combustion of fuel therein, said means comprising xed and rotatable parts, one within the other, together defining an annular space for receiving clinkers from said kiln, said receptacle communicating with said kiln, means carried by and cooperating with said parts for causing clinkers to form a uniformly distributed mass or bed'- in said space, means for continuously removing clinkers from a lower portion of said space, meansffor forcing air through a bed of clinkers in said space, an air outlet from said space other than to said kiln and means adjustably controlling the flow of air from said outlet whereby a greater or lesser proportion of the air passing through said bed of clinkers may be caused to enter the kiln.

2. In a machine of the 'character described, in combination with an internally fired kiln, means for cooling clinkers delivered from said kiln and supplying heated air for combustion of fuel therein, said meansI comprising fixed and rotatable parts, one within the other, together defining an annular space for receiving clinkers from said kiln, said receptacle communicating with said kiln, means carried by and communicating with said parts for causing clinkers to form a uniformly distributed mass or bed in said space, means for continuously removing clinkers from a lower portion of said space, means for forcing air through said bed of clinkers in said space, an air outlet from said space other than to said kiln and means adjustably controlling the flow of air from said outlet whereby a greater or lesser proportion of the air passing through said bed of clinkers may be caused to enter the kiln, said outlet being located intermediate the upper and lower ends of said space whereby air escaping therethrough may pass through a partially cooled portion of the clinker bed and escape without traversing the hottest portion thereof. 5 3. In a device 'of the class described, in combination with a clinker forming kiln, a receptacle in communication with said kiln and adapted to receive clinkers therefrom, means including said receptacle for maintaining a bed of clinkers in said receptacle upon the top of which clinkers from said kiln `may fall, means for removing clinkers from a lower portion of said bed, means for forcing air counter-flow through the upper surface of the bed of clinkers in said receptacle,

said kiln and below the upper surface of said bed of clinkers, and means associated with said outlet for adiustably controlling passage of air through said outlet whereby to govern the proportion of air passing to said kiln.

4. In a device of the class described, in combination with a clinker forming kiln, a clinker cooling device,` comprising, inner and outer partis, one thereof 'being rotatable, defining an annular clinker receiving compartment in communication with said kiln, air inlet means to said annular compartment formed in one of said parts, air outlet means from said annular compartment formed in one of said parts, means remote from l0 said compartment adjustably controlling passage of air through said outlet and means for remov ing cooled clinkers from said compartment.

5. In the combination recited in claim 3, said air circulating means including an air inlet adapted to deliver cold air into the interior of the bed of clinkers, and said outlet being adjacent the outside of said clinker bed.

6. In the combination recited in claim 3, said first means including an air inlet, the same being divided into vertically separated upper and lower parts and said outlet being located below the said upper part of said inlet whereby cooling air from said upper part may pass mainly through a relatively hot upper portion of said clinker bed to said kiln and cooling air from said lower part maypass mainly through apartially cooled lower portion of said clinker 'bed to said outlet.

7. In combination with a. clinker forming kiln, a clinker-cooling device comprising inner and outerparts, one thereof being rotatable, defining between them a vertically extending annular clinker receiving and cooling compartment, inlet means, for cooling' air formed in one of -said parts intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, and outlet means for such air formed in the other of said parts intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof,A means for controlling theilow of air through said outlet means and means responsive to rotation of one of said parts for re# moving cooled clinkers from said compartment.

8. I'he combination recited in claim 7, characterized in thatsaid' inlet means and said outlet means are provided with radially and circumferentially extending bailies inclined in a direction to have a tendency to feed the clinkers into said annular compartment whereby to prevent passage of clinkers therethrough out of said compartment.'

9. The combination recited in claim 7, characterized in that said inlet means and said outlet means are provided with radially and circumferentially extending bailies inclined in a direction to have a tendency to feed the clinkers into said annular compartment whereby to prevent pasan outlet from said receptacle other than to' sage of clinkers therethrough out of said coml` partment, the ends of said bailies most remote from said compartment being higher than the ends adjacent thereto, whereby to present gravitationai resistance to passage of clinkers therethrough from said compartment.

10. In the combination recited in claim 4, said outlet means being located below said inlet means whereby a portion of the cooling-air from said inlet means may pass upwardly through the hottest portion of clinkers in said annular compartment. and a portion of said cooling-air may pass downwardly through a partially cooled portion of clinkers.

11. In the combination recited in claim 4, said outlet means being located below said inlet means whereby a portion of the cooling-air from said inlet means may pass upwardly'through the hottest portion of clinkers in said annular compartment vand a portion of said cooling-air may pass downwardly through a. partially of clinkers, said outer part being rotatable and including a shelf, .means defining an adjustable opening between said shelf and an upper portion of said rotatable part and iixed means for removing cooled clinkers from said shelf.

12. In a device of the class described, in combination, a carriage, a clinker cooling device mounted thereon, a clinkerforming kiln having its delivery end mounted above and in communication with said cooling device, and means for forcing air through said cooling device, said cooling device comprising inner and outer parts one thereof being rotatable and carrying an annular shelf upon which the cooled clinkers are delivered, the outer part having at its lower end a delivery opening adjacent said shelf, means fixed with respect to said carriage for removing clinkers from said shelf, one of said parts having air inlet means formed therein and one of said parts having air outlet means formed therein, said air outlet means being so positioned as to provide an air path through partially cooled clinkers only.

13. In a device of the class described, clinker cooling means comprising, in combination, inner and outer parts defining therebetween a clinker receiving space adapted to receive clinkers from a continuously operating kiln, one thereof being rotatable whereby to cause clinkers to be uniformly distributed, said inner part having an air inlet passage formed therein and provided with one or more openings for delivery of air into said space intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, and means providing for continuous delivery of clinkers from a lower part of said space at a rate to maintain a. substantially constant level bed of clinkers in said space and illiing the same froma point above said air inlet passage downwardly.

14. In a device of the class described, clinker cooling means comprising, in combination, inner and outer partsdefining therebetween a clinker receiving space, one thereof being rotatable whereby to cause clinkers to benuniformly distributed, said inner part having an air inlet passage formed therein and provided with one or more openings for delivery of air into said space intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof and means providing for continuous delivery of clinkers from a lower part of said space at a rate to maintain a substantially constant level cooled portion bed of clinkers in said space and filling the same to a level above said air inlet passage, said outer grt being provided with an outlet opening interediate its ends adapted to exhaust a portion of the air admitted through said inner part.

elevations, and means causing the major portion of air supplied atthe uppermost elevation to emerge from said clnker bed at the top thereof andgthe air admitted at a lower elevation to emerge below the top of the clinker bed.

16. Process comprising forming a bed of elinker, continuously adding hot clinker from a `kiln to the top thereof and withdrawing cooled clinker l from the bottom thereof, continuously circulating cooling air therethrough, a portion of the cooling air being caused to emerge from said bed at the top thereof and the remainder therebelow, e011-, trolling the portion of air emerging from the top of said bed with respect to the requirements vof .the vkiln for secondary Vcombustion air and utilizing the same in said kiln as]v secondary combustion air.

17. Process comprising forming a bed of clinker, continuously adding hot clinker from a kiln to the upper portion thereof and withdrawing cooled clinker from a lower portion thereof, circulating' cooling air through said bed of clinker,

other than to said kiln,

a portion of such cooling air being caused to circulate through the upper portion only of said bed and pass to the kiln and the remainder being caused to circulate through a lower portion only of said bed and controlling the magnitude of said iirst portion with respect to the requirements of said kiln for secondary combustion air.

18. A process comprising forming a mass of clinkers, continuously adding hot clinker from a kiln to the top thereof and continuously removing clinker from the bottom thereof, supplying cooling air to said mass at a point intermediate the upperand lower ends thereof, causing such cooling air to divide and a part thereof to flow upwardly in contact with the hottest portion oi said clinker bed and pass to said kiln While another part` flows in contact with a partially cooled portion ofsaid clinker bed and escapes to a point controlling the relative proportions of said cooling air by means of the back pressures retarding its flow, the back pressure retarding escape other than to said kiln being adjusted to control the flow of air to said kiln with respect to the requirements of said kiln for secondary `combustion air, 'and utilizing the highly heated portion of cooling air ilowing to said kiln as secondary combustion air therefor.

l CLIFTON N. WINDECKER. 

